Football For Peace In The Northeast

Riverside FC of Damasak, have emerged overall champions of a Tournament organised for youths in Northern Borno.
The tournament is a project of the the Nigerian Army Eight Division, Monguno.
It commenced in September 2017 with 16 Teams participating, and aims at keeping youths in the region occupied, motivated and unavailable for boko haram recruitment strategies.
It is also expected to promote peace and unity through sports, as well as boosting civil -military cooperation in the ongoing counter insurgency operation.
Many of the players and fans only recently returned to their communities in places like Monguno, Damasak, Gubio, Baga and Nganzai, following displacement by Boko Haram terrorists.
Host side, Ajari FC of Monguno came second place while Nganzai FC placed third.